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 November 12, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-020-0423 MG18-158

Grayson County, Kentucky Grayson County, Kentucky 1861-01-07 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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State of Kentucky Grayson Circuit Court Commonwealth Plaintiff against } on a charge of Perjury Joseph Tucker Defendant

Joseph Tucker being in custody charged with the Offence of perjury and being admitted to bail in the sum of five hundred Dollars now we James Tucker Finis E Williams & Henry Tucker of Breckenridge County Ky hereby undertake that the above named Joseph Tucker will appear in the Grayson Circuit Court on the first day of its next may Term to answer said charge and will at all times render himself amenable to the orders and process of said Court in the prosecution of said charge and if convicted will render himself in Execution thereof, or if he shall fail to perform either of these conditions that we will pay the Commonwealth of Kentucky the sum of Five hundred Dollars, Witness our hands this this 7th day of January 1861

Joseph ^his X mark^ Tucker James ^his X mark^ Tucker Finis E, Williams Henry ^his X mark^ Tucker

Witness V. Yates

A Copy attest Edwin Thomas C, G, C, C

State of Kentucky Grayson Circuit Court May Term 1861 Commonwealth Plaintiff against } on Indictment for perjury Joseph Tucker Defendant

This day came the Attorney for the commonwealth, and the Defendant being bound by recogniseance to appear here this day, And not appearing altho solemnly called. It is adjudged by the court that his recognesance be forfeited, and that a

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Summons issue against the Defendant and his securities to appear here on the 1st day of the next Term of this court to show cause why Judgment should not be rendred against them for $500 the amount of the recogniseance

A Copy attest Edwin Thomas C, G, C, C